Winter Tremont

Posted on January 24, 2011 by steve

A snowy winter scene of:    Middle Prong Little River.
I made this while testing my new lens, a 70-300 mm Tamron. The new one with vibration control. All the reviews I had read said that this was a good lens and now, after using it for several weeks in some very bad weather, I would have to agree. It is sharp, fairly light for what it is, and the vibration control works well enough that I can get an extra 3 stops of handheld images. OK, I know, it is not “L” glass but it cost $1000 less and it works fine for the way I will be using it.   Enjoy!


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3 Responses to Winter Tremont

  1. Charles says:
    January 24, 2011 at 2:00 pm

    Steve,
    Remember the good old days when “vibration control” meant 1/1000th of a second shutter speed @ f3.5 & pushing the film to ISO 1600 in the Diafine black & white developer?
    Are you happier since switching to digital imaging?
    Charles

  2. steve says:
    January 24, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    Charles,
    I remember it well. Not fondly but well.
    You could not get me back in a wet darkroom with a block and tackle.
    I love that the new cameras will go to 25,000 ISO and that I can routinely shoot at speeds of 1600 & 3200 & 6400 without much noise in the final image.
    Life Is Good!
    Steve

  3. M. Haley says:
    January 27, 2011 at 6:36 pm

    I love both of thes snow pictures and they both bring me back to happy but cold times in Ohio. I can almost feel the snowflakes on my tongue in the church photo. It reminds me of the church my grandpa went to as a boy in Galia Co, Ohio. But the other one with the water falling, my…if I look at it real close, I am sure I can hear the water actually rushing into the river. What a talented photographer you are when you can make photos actually make sound.

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